octopoid

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of, pertaining to, or resembling an octopus or octopod

   Of, pertaining to, or resembling an octopus or octopod; octopuslike.

   • Moving about in experiment or sitting motionless in study were scores of the most hideous Martians they had yet seen—octopoid creature with enormous staring eyes and eight black tentacles.
   • Barrymore dramatised his own duality by means of a watercolour self-portrait, depicting the so-called 'Great Profile' fused with a hideous, octopoid spider. […]
2. 2

   Widespread

   Widespread; reaching across or penetrating large distances; controlling many things from a central point.

   • This is how an octopoid 'controlled economy' generates a proliferating 'black economy'.
3. 3

   An octopuslike creature.

   • The scene lit up like a horror ride in an amusement park: Hundreds of yellow octopoids hung from the roof above him; a huge orange octopoid the size of a desk pulsated on the floor four meters in front of him; […]

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